Chapter 222: The Tribulation of the Eight Immortals (3/3)
This world contains not only the fairy world, the underworld, and the human world.
There are also dragons, phoenixes, unicorns and other races.
Among them, the dragon clan is particularly powerful. Even the Kunlun Immortal Realm controlled by the ancient gods would not easily dare to have conflicts with the dragon clan.
Su Mingzhe had small arms and legs, and a star-devouring beast as his backer, and he didn't even dare to provoke the dragon clan.
Therefore, the matter of helping others make it rain is a no-brainer.
The rise and fall of the human world, the affairs of emperors for hundreds of years.
Time will wash away everything.
Soon, a hundred years passed.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the hegemony of the dynasties and the noble families were all wiped out in the era.
This year, it was May of the sixth year of Xiande of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Su Mingzhe asked Sanqi to carry him to Youzhou and gave the current emperor of the Central Plains a life-saving elixir.
"Azhe, why should we save him?"
Sanqi felt such a pity when she saw that golden elixir being swallowed by the patient.
This is the panacea that Su Mingzhe spent thirty years refining.
After taking it, you can get rid of diseases and eliminate disasters, get rid of difficulties, basically still have breath, turn danger into peace, and bring you back to life.
"Because he is a rare and talented monarch in history, I want to see if rescuing him can change history."
Su Mingzhe and Sanqi looked at each other for about half an hour. The man on the bed slowly woke up and opened his eyes.
"Who are you?"
When Chai Rong saw two strange men and women appearing next to him, he subconsciously jumped up and went to get the sword on the bedside. Unexpectedly, he underestimated his current physical condition and jumped up to a height of ten feet, directly smashing through the curtain.
Touched the roof.
Fortunately, Chai Rong was good at martial arts and stopped in time and landed lightly on the ground.
"Mr. Chai, don't panic, we are here to deliver books."
When Su Mingzhe saw that Chai Rong was fine, he put a book [History of the Song Dynasty] on the bedside. Without further ado, after the guards from outside broke in, he directly handed his hands and said goodbye:
"If we are destined to meet again in the future, we will meet again."
Before Chai Rong could ask, the two of them turned into a wisp of smoke and floated out of the window.
"It turns out to be two demons!"
Chai Rong and the others left, snorting coldly, but without fear, he reached out and picked up the "History of the Song Dynasty" on the bedside and flipped through it.
This book is a horizontal version of later generations.
Chai Rong found the first page and was not used to looking at it sideways.
Just the first line on the first page made him jump into rage:
"Taizu started his career and established the most heroic, military, Ruiwen, divine virtues and holy merits until the Ming Dynasty Emperor Xiao Kuangyin. His surname is Zhao, and he is a native of Zhuojun."
"Absurd! Nonsense! These two monsters dare to sow discord!"
Chai Rong shouted loudly and wanted to throw the book to the ground. However, the rationality he had accumulated over many years of dealing with state affairs allowed him to hold back his anger and continued to read.
Chai Rong read this book "History of the Song Dynasty" for three days and three nights. Because of illness, he originally wanted to return to the court, but he didn't mention it now.
Chai Rong ordered all troops to continue attacking the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun.
In early August, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, which had been sold to the Liao people by Shi Jingtang's son, was re-integrated into the Central Plains Dynasty.
The Liao people were frightened and sent Han officials to beg for peace.
Chai Rong settled the border with the Liao people, and then returned to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty. He also surrendered the Dangxiang people's trouble-making army and unified the north.
Back in Daliang, the capital, Chai Rong also received a secret report from Jinwu Guard:
"A land god who was alive during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty? Are there really gods in this world?"
Although Chai Rong couldn't believe it, he still ordered someone to recruit his own Si Tiantai Supervisor.
Not long after, Supervisor Si Tiantai came over in a hurry. When he saw Chai Rong, he knelt on the ground, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.
Chai Rong did not believe in ghosts and ghosts. In the third year after he took office, he began to eliminate Taoism and Buddha. He also never wanted to see Si Tiantai, the only person in the court who had contact with ghosts and gods.
When the supervisor from the rooftop saw him, he naturally did not dare to show off and lay down on the ground, waiting for the emperor's instructions.
Chai Rong has a strong character and doesn't like to talk nonsense. He directly talks about his problems:
"Qing family, do you remember there is a place called Penglai Qingniu Mountain?"
"Penglai Qingniu Mountain?"
As soon as Jian Zheng heard the name, a figure immediately popped into his mind, and he quickly replied: "To return to what the saint said, Penglai Qingniu Mountain is the secluded place for Taoist Sanxian Su to hide from the world."
"Who is this Taoist Su?"
Chai Rong looked at the note in his hand and asked: "I heard that he existed since the time of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Is this true or false?"
"Reply to the saint!"
Jian Zheng gritted his teeth and replied:
"According to records in Chen's family records, this matter should be true. Every twenty or thirty years, Taoist Su would go out to visit friends and discuss Taoism. I and Jiayan were also fortunate enough to participate in several Taoism discussions. Among them, I and that
We met Taoist Su twice. Every time we met, Taoist Su looked about twenty-something, with no signs of aging. And..."
"And what?"
"Moreover, Mr. Chen Tuan of Huashan also respects Taoist Su as his senior."
Chen Tuan of Huashan is said to have lived for 150 years. He wants to call this Taoist Su his senior. Doesn’t this mean that this Taoist Su has lived longer?
"Yeah?"
Chai Rong closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then ordered: "When you go back, tell the story about this Taoist Su."
"I obey the decree."
Jian Zheng did not expect that Chai Rong would not scold him this time when he was talking about the ways of ghosts and gods. He breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly left.
"Wait a minute."
Chai Rong stopped him again, took out a piece of paper, walked down the imperial steps himself, handed it to Jian Zheng, and asked:
"Is this person the 'check'?"
When the supervisor heard the word "inspection", his heart trembled. He raised his head and looked at the word "Zhao" on the note. His face instantly turned pale, and he quickly fell to the ground, nodding like rain, not daring to vent his anger.
At the beginning of this year, before Chai Rong went on an expedition, he received a secret report from the prison officer, saying that he had figured out who the rebels who planned to kill Zhou Dynasty were.
Chai Rong asked the supervisor to bring up the divination results. There were only five words on them: "Check and become emperor."
Later, on the way to the expedition, Chai Rong was placed in a wooden box next to him. In the wooden box, there were also five words written: "Check to be the emperor."
Chai Rong was deeply worried after the words "check to become emperor" appeared.
Today's inspection in Dazhou is Zhang Yongde, the son-in-law of Chai Rong's uncle Guo Wei.
Although Chai Rong did not believe that his cousin-in-law Zhang Yongde would seek to usurp the throne, he still secretly dismissed him from the inspection post and transferred it to his close confidant Zhao Kuangyin.
Later, the first sentence of the History of the Song Dynasty sent by Su Mingzhe stated that the founder of the Song Dynasty was actually Zhao Kuangyin.
This made Chai Rong very angry.
He wants to know now, between the two checks before and after, which one should he guard against?
The prison officer's reaction today made Chai Rong understand that the traitor was actually the son of the Zhao family.
Chai Rong walked back and forth several times, then asked the supervisor to keep it secret and waved him off.
Chai Rong was really decisive and courageous. The next day, he found a reason to promote Zhao Kuangyin's small team overtly and covertly, stripping them of military power.
Chai Rong used to know how to use people well, and had over a thousand elite soldiers and generals under his command. Even after removing Zhao Kuangyin's small team, he still had substitute generals to take over.
The status of these generals was originally lower than that of Zhao Kuangyin and others, but now that they have been promoted, everyone naturally competes for the first place in the battle.
In less than three years, they successively destroyed the southern separatist regimes such as Jingnan, Wuping, Houshu, Southern Han, and Southern Tang.
The Great Zhou Dynasty could be considered as the initial unification of the world.
In a blink of an eye, ten years have passed since the golden elixir was given.
The territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty has surpassed the Han and Tang Dynasties, creating a new generation of prosperity.
"It seems that this history cannot be changed."
Su Mingzhe took Yang Yunu and Sanqi down the mountain to play in Bianliang City. Looking at the grand scene of the Zhou Dynasty, he felt quite emotional for a while about the changes he had made to history.
"Although Zhao Kuangyin is gone, the release of military power over a glass of wine still happened."
Yang Yunu's tone was faint and he said sadly:
"In addition, the national policy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military power has not changed. It seems that the Zhou Dynasty will inevitably follow the old path of the Song Dynasty in the future."
Su Mingzhe couldn't help but sigh:
"This is the so-called 'the general trend will not change, but the small trend will be reversible'."
Next to her, Sanqi didn't listen to the conversation between the two. She kept sobbing and filling her stomach with food. Every time she went down the mountain, she had to buy a lot of food.
Su Mingzhe and Yang Yunu's lament about history is something that Sanqi does not need to understand at all.
The rise and fall of dynasties lasted only a hundred years.
And Sanqi was born in the Western Jin Dynasty, more than 600 years ago. When she was Meng Po in Huangquan, she devoured countless emperors and generals from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Therefore, it is difficult for her to be interested in the rise and fall of dynasties.
After the three people traveled through the prosperous days of the Zhou Dynasty, they returned to Qingniu Mountain again.
For the three of them, they are witnesses of history, not participants.
Of course, sometimes, when Su Mingzhe encounters some historical treasures, he will also become a collector, take the things back and enjoy them slowly.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Su Mingzhe collected more than 5,000 authentic poems, including more than 500 poems by Li Bai and more than 100 poems by Du Fu.
In addition to authentic poems and songs, Su Mingzhe also likes to collect some famous calligraphy and paintings.
These things have been passed down to later generations, and every work is priceless.
The Zhou Dynasty flourished for hundreds of years.
Su Mingzhe is naturally unavoidable and continues to maintain his hobby as a collector.
It's just that after a hundred years of prosperity in the Zhou Dynasty, three foolish kings appeared in succession. In order to seek immortality, they caused chaos in the world.
It is also a year without any holidays. For more than ten years in a row, droughts, locust plagues, and floods have occurred continuously.
Coupled with the sudden rise of the Jurchens in the north, they first defeated the Liao Dynasty and then went south to attack the Zhou Dynasty.
In less than ten years, the Great Zhou Dynasty became the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
"What a reincarnation of things."
Su Mingzhe was stunned when he heard the news that Sanqi and Yang Yunu came down from the mountain and brought them back. Especially when he heard that the Jurchens had founded the country and the country was named "Jin".
"I'm afraid this history also has strong corrective properties, right?"
"Sir, do we still want to take action?"
"Forget it, mud can't hold up a wall. This is the inertia of history. If we take action, I'm afraid there will be backlash."
Su Mingzhe has been in a bad mood recently.
I don't know what's going on, but I feel very depressed and don't want to go out. Even when I sit cross-legged and meditate, I feel upset and unable to settle down, so naturally I don't want to meddle in my own business.
"Sir, have you been feeling uncomfortable lately?"
That night, it was Yang Yunu's turn to practice double cultivation with the man again, but the man was absent-minded and it ended in a hurry.
Yang Yunu couldn't help but ask the doubts in her heart.
"Are you feeling bad too?"
Su Mingzhe was shocked when he saw the sorrow hidden in the woman's eyebrows.
If you feel uncomfortable alone, it means you are in a bad mood.
But if two people are in this state, something bad is bound to happen.
The two called Sanqi, who was sleeping next door, and upon asking, they found out that Sanqi had also been upset for a long time.
But she only wanted to eat delicacies and didn't care about other things at all.
"Something big must be happening!"
Su Mingzhe's mind raced and he began to speculate on what might happen.
Soon, after careful dismantling, he found the answer.
Not only did Su Mingzhe find the answer, but Yang Yunu also figured it out and said with a panicked look:
"Sir, something bad is going to happen. There will be a war between gods and demons here."
"It's not a battle between gods and demons."
Su Mingzhe breathed a sigh of relief and comforted her:
"It's the time for the Eight Immortals under Taiqing Taoist Patriarch to return to their thrones. According to the custom, the eight of them will transform into immortals and must go through the last tribulation, and the location of this tribulation is in the Penglai Sea area next to them."
Yang Yunu was a little confused and asked:
"Sir, why are the Eight Immortals returning to their thrones in the Penglai Sea? There are no monsters or monsters here."
"There are no demons and monsters here, but there is the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea!"
Su Mingzhe sighed, smiled bitterly at the two women and said:
"That's all, let's hide for a while. It's better for casual cultivators like us to avoid this kind of fight between gods."